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Post# 218188   6/25/2007 at 15:08 (6,150 days old) by washinsheen ()   |   | |
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Does anyone know what year the washer & dryer pair is from? |
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Post# 218194 , Reply# 1   6/25/2007 at 15:42 (6,150 days old) by fa_f3_20 ()   |   | |
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I seem to recall that that panel style, with the big paddle switches for temperature selection and so forth, was late 1970s. |
Post# 218205 , Reply# 2   6/25/2007 at 16:59 (6,150 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 218206 , Reply# 3   6/25/2007 at 17:02 (6,150 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 218226 , Reply# 4   6/25/2007 at 18:16 (6,150 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 218231 , Reply# 5   6/25/2007 at 18:37 (6,149 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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What was most significant about this model year, at least to those of us who were interested in how washing machines worked from a young age, was that GE shifted from its metal disappearing lid hinges and adopted the "rust-free" hinges you see in the picture. These hinges lasted until the end of the Filter-flo's. More to the point was the new whirlpool-style lid safety switch that could be defeated easily by inserting a pencil, clothespin or other similar instrument. The earlier switches were inside the unit and couldn't be reached without removing the washer's top.
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Post# 218241 , Reply# 6   6/25/2007 at 19:12 (6,149 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 218266 , Reply# 7   6/25/2007 at 20:50 (6,149 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA)   |   | |
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Post# 218282 , Reply# 8   6/25/2007 at 21:52 (6,149 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 218423 , Reply# 9   6/26/2007 at 12:37 (6,149 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)   |   | |
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Wasn't the activator agitator on this washer a straight vane versus the swirled activator agitator on earlier models? |
Post# 218434 , Reply# 10   6/26/2007 at 14:06 (6,149 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Some were straight-6 green, some were straight-6 black with green caps, some were spiral green(especially coin-ops). GE didn't know what it was doing back then. I'll never forget around 1967, going to the late, great Kamenstein's hardware store on Stuyvesant Place in NYC. I opened up a GE like these and saw the green straight-6 activators that had replaced the spirals. Even then I knew GE was going a little mishuggeh.
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